the day

by Mathieu Geffré

Memories and Dance are both fleeting. At the dawn of their next step towards the future, the day proposes a moment to sit and contemplate the past. In this choreographic journey orchestrated by Mathieu Geffré, 16 dancers revisit significant moments of their last three years to encapsulate those through dance. Sometimes individual, sometimes shared, sometimes joyful, sometimes devastating, each memory articulates itself with another in order to create a unique landscape of souvenirs.

Cast: George Burton, Elise Clason, Manon Guilloteau, Cato Kendall-Muniesa, Pietro Mazzotta, Regine Phua, Ella Roberts, Emma Savoldelli-Harris, Elysia Stephani, AJ Stephenson, Aiden Taylor, Elisavet Tsiouti, Allegra Vistalli, Jack Warren & Jules Young

Rehearsal directors: Matthew Slater & Amelia Long Baldwin

Music: Overture in D Major by Georg Philipp Telemann, Otto Sauter & Nicol Matt Movement 1, Movement 2 & Movement 3 by Ryoji Ikeda, Mika Vainio & Alva Noto Improvisació 1 by Bobby McFerrin Costumes: Abigail Creasey

Lighting: Mark Baker

Mathieu Geffré

After graduating from the Paris Conservatoire in 2006, Mathieu Geffré has danced across Europe as a member of companies such as Dansgroep Amsterdam, Noord Nederlandse Dans and National Dance Company Wales. He's collaborated with numerous leading choreographers including Itzik Galili, Johan Inger, Mark Baldwin, Christopher Bruce and Angelin Preljocaj among others.

Alongside his performing career Mathieu has created and presented work on many European stages and was awarded the 3rd Prize Choreography at the Copenhagen International Choreography Competition in 2016.

Mathieu launched his company, Rendez-Vous dance in February 2021, with which he creates inclusive projects to tell past and current LGBTQIA+ stories. He is the first recipient of the Made In The North East commission award enabling him to create The Monocle. Mathieu has also made work for Nationaltheatre Mannheim, Rambert School, CobosMika Seeds Company and Boston Dance Theatre. He is a celebrated dance facilitator who is regularly invited as a guest teacher for Company Wayne McGregor, Matthew Bourne New Adventures, Ballet de l’Opera du Grand Avignon and Venice Biennale among others.